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Couple charged in Clark County burglary spree

A pair of arrests in Clark County took months of investigation and Jeffersonville police and prosecutors said the arrests will help curb a growing crime in the county.

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Updated: 8:26 PM EDT Sep 16, 2013

Couple charged in Clark County burglary spree

A pair of arrests in Clark County took months of investigation and Jeffersonville police and prosecutors said the arrests will help curb a growing crime in the county.

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Updated: 8:26 PM EDT Sep 16, 2013

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WEBVTT MONTHS OF INVESTIGATION... AND THAT JEFFERSONVILLE POLICE AND PROSECUTORS SAY WILL HELP CURB A GROWING CRIME IN THE COUNTY. W-L-K-Y'S ANN BOWDAN HAS DETAILS ON A COUPLE AT THE CENTER OF A HOME BURGLARY CRACKDOWN. AND 38 YEAR OLD DAVID GREEN ARE ACCUSED OF BREAKING INTO SEVERAL HOMES IN THE PEBBLE CREEK AREA OF CLARK COUNTY IN A BURGLARY SPREE THAT LASTED FROM AUGUST THROUGH MID- SEPTEMBER. MULL SAYS BRAZEN HOME BURGLARIES HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE IN THE COUNTY AND SUSPECTED THOSE IN THE PEBBLE CREEK SUBDIVISION MAY BE LINKED. WHEN JEFFERSONVILLE DETECTIVES' INVESTIGATION LED THEM TO GREEN AND KING..POLICE FOUND EVIDENCE IN THEIR POSSESSION. AT THEIR COURT APPEARANCE ON MONDAY, MULL SAID THE ITEMS RECOVERED ARE COMMON TO SUPPLY A CRIMINALS NEED FOR A DRUG HABIT. OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE RISE IN HEROINE IS GREATLY TO BLAME FOR A RISE IN DESPERATE AND DANGEROUSLY BOLD CRIMINALS WHO HAVE BROKEN INTO OCCUPIED AND UNOCCUPIED HOMES. LAUREN KING IS NOT ONLY CHARGED WITH BURGLARY BUT ALSO NEGLECT OF A DEPENDENT. PROSECUTORS SAY IN HER APPARENT DESPERATION..SHE COMMITTED MANY OF THE HOME BURGLARIES WITH DAVID GREEN, ALONG WITH HER YOUNG DAUGHTER. THESE ARE CRIMES JEREMY MULL SAYS ARE BEING PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST IN CLARK COUNTY. ANN BOWDAN, WLKY NEWS. THANKS ANN. BURGLARY IS A CLASS-B FELONY. THAT CARRIES A PENALTY OF 6 TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON. AS YOU HEARD... IF CONVICTED... PROSECUTORS WILL ASK FOR A MINIMUM OF 10 YEARS. LAUREN KING AND DAVID GREEN ARE BEING HELD ON A 25-THOUSAND DOLLAR FULL CASH BOND. FRIENDS ARE MOURNING

Couple charged in Clark County burglary spree

A pair of arrests in Clark County took months of investigation and Jeffersonville police and prosecutors said the arrests will help curb a growing crime in the county.